Hi Buddy,
Yes, the Alex loops are expensive, but really pretty neat.

I believe he's made the plans for the loops available. Perhaps you can find
someone who is willing to homebrew one for you. I really don't have anyone
here who would be willing to do that, though.

I did go to the British website you've provided and have saved that email
for future reference when my coffers are much fuller.

73

Ron Miller


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 4:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Turning up speech volume on IC-703, was RE: Back after a long
hiatus

Hi Ron,

The Alexloop i quite expensive, especially the Walkham one, especially =
after shipping. A cheaper alternative can be had from
http://www.g4tph.com

I haven't made any contacts on mine yet, but part of that is no doubt =
down to needing to finding/building a good support for it. Tuning on 20 =
meters is quite sharp, too. I'd really like to find or build or get help =
building something a bit more like the Alexloop Walkham antenna, as the =
aluminum rails of the G4TPH antenna are each over a foot long. Can be =
carried, but having the loop element more flexible might be good. Or =
might not. Anyway, maybe for the G4TPH loop, something made from PVC =
electrical conduit or something would be the thing. My challenge is to =
find something that's A) self supporting and B) can be broken down into =
approximately one foot long sections for ease of transport.

--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jan 15, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Ron Miller wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> many thanks for the warm greeting. I'm glad you're using your 703. I'm =
very
> interested in the Alex loops, have read good comments about them from =
a
> couple of blind hams. I just don't have the shekels to get one, yet.
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> I believe I've got the directions for turning up the synth speech =
volume in
> a file somewhere, let me see if I can find it. It is Very Important to =
take
> the radio apart with great care. The wires to the speaker are rather
> fragile, so when you take the rig apart you've got to be very careful =
not to
> rip them out. You'll need to lay the top half of the radio down very =
close
> to the bottom half and oriented so as not to twist, or pull the =
speaker
> wires.
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> More later, if I can find the info.
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> 73
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> Ron Miller
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators =
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Eric Clegg
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:15 PM
>=20
> I'm still figuring out how to turn up the speech board on the Icom but =
have
> no idea how to do that.